Monor, located 25 kilometers southeast of Budapest, is now occupied by the Romanian army. The center army led by General Salamik has been here for a day.
On this day, the Romanian army did not rest. Instead, it built fortifications around Monor early. Yes, the Romanian army was preparing to defend against possible offensives from the Hungarian People's Army.
The reason for them to do this is very simple, and it is inseparable from the current war situation.
At present, Romania's left army, led by Lieutenant General Mandiv, has just captured Sorgotauryan and is on its way to join forces. And the right army has just gathered its troops in Kecskeméde and is preparing to attack
The center army approaches.
When both armies are not nearby, how arrogant General Salamik must be to give the order to attack Budapest alone.
Defense, defense before the other two armies arrive is the most important thing.
So when the progress of the other two armies is not as fast as his, it's no big deal to pretend to be Sun Tzu.
On a small mound outside the small city of Monor, General Salamik and his men were inspecting the soldiers who were building fortifications there.
At the busy construction site, renovated soil was piled on both sides of the newly dug trenches. In the trenches that only reached the thighs, Romanian soldiers wearing short-sleeved shirts were digging hard with sweat. Their serious attitude even
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"well done."
Admiral Salamik was very satisfied when he saw that no one greeted him. He is not a pushy character.
Major General Doles, the commander of the Second Division who followed him, smiled and said after hearing the admiral's praise. "This is all the credit of the soldiers. They know that only enough strong fortifications can give them the greatest advantage on the battlefield."
Chances of survival.”
Regarding Major General Doles's words, General Salamik did not answer and inspected all the way. During this inspection, the fortifications of the Second Division were well built, including trenches, communication trenches, machine gun positions, artillery positions, observation posts, and command posts.
It looked impressive. Many officers and soldiers of the Second Fortification Division also put on disguises, and General Salamik personally observed it.
At the end of the scene, the admiral said to Major General Doles next to him: "This time your Second Division is at the front of the battle line. This is a test for you."
Facing the general's words, Major General Doles replied: "Please rest assured, our Second Division will definitely be able to complete this mission."
Major General Doles has always had a wish in his heart, that is, the Second Division in Romania, which has been established for a long time, can be carried forward in his own hands. However, God failed to fulfill his wishes. In all the previous battles, the Second Division was unable to win anything outstanding.
Mission. Even in combat, there was rarely a main attack, let alone defense. Basically, the enemy showed no sign of launching a main attack from the Second Division position. This made Major General Doles very hurt.
Without fierce battles, where would his outstanding military exploits come from, and how could he make progress? Far away, there was Freit, who was brilliant during the Balkan War, and he was even more brilliant in this war. Nearby, there was the raid on Deva that stirred up the battle situation.
Lieutenant General Ankodar, this is a living example that Major General Doles must not worry about the future.
This time, I finally got a task of being at the forefront and defending the Hungarian People's Army. For Major General Doles, who thought that the war was over, it was simply a matter of joy. Of course, he wanted to perform well in this battle.
However, he still had some worries about Hungary's willingness to attack.
So at the end of the tour, Major General Doles couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, General, will the Hungarians really attack this time?"
Faced with Major General Doles' inquiry, Salamik smiled and spread his hands and said: "I don't know this, but this is their last chance. If it were different, I could only take a gamble."
"This is our only chance to fight back."
In Budapest, Landelier was also explaining his actions to the Internal Affairs Commissar Siedler and the Foreign Affairs Commissar Vantush in front of him.
The enemy was approaching the revolutionary capital of Hungary, and Landelier, who was in charge of the military, naturally wanted to lead the troops to drive out these Romanian scoundrels immediately. However, when facing up to 180,000 well-equipped and well-trained Romanian troops, Landelier
You must be well prepared.
However, during his preparations, the enemy successively occupied large areas of Hungarian territory, and a large number of revolutionary soldiers and civilians were persecuted. This made the revolutionary committee members in Budapest unable to sit still. They asked Landelier why he did not attack yet and let Romania
These bastards of the imperial powers have tasted the power of the Communists.
Landelier has always responded to these doubts by saying that he is not ready yet, but this time when faced with the visit of the two main figures of the Revolutionary Committee, Commissar Vantusche and Commissar Siedler, Landelier could only tell the truth.
Tell him. Because he is afraid that if he doesn't tell him, he will face the questioning of Chairman Bella Kun next.
"Haven't we already recruited 230,000 revolutionary people into the army? Including the previous 150,000 revolutionary troops, we have an army of nearly 400,000. Are we still afraid of those Romanian losers with less than 200,000?"
Internal Affairs Commissioner Sidler complained with some confusion.
Faced with Sideler's complaints, Landelier felt a headache. These committee members only knew the number of people. Don't they know that more than half of the people recruited had never even fired a gun, and among the half of the people who had fired a gun?
.Many of them were only used in national training, and only less than 80,000 of them participated in the army. Including the previous 150,000 troops, Hungary only has 220,000 that can actually fight, and it does not occupy an absolute
an overwhelming amount.
Moreover, the equipment of the Hungarian People's Army is much worse than that of Romania. Now it can only have one machine gun per battalion and thirty-six artillery pieces per division. It is a first-class elite force in the People's Army.
But these words cannot be said to them. As long as they are said, the revolutionary spirit will definitely defeat the armed forces of imperialism, and the revolutionary spirit will almost be eaten.
But now Landelier felt that the opportunity had really come. The Romanian army did not know whether it was out of arrogance or to lure him to attack. More than 80,000 troops in their center had arrived not far from Budapest, but the two wings were too far apart. If he
If you send troops to block the two wings and attack the center with all your strength, then the Romanian army's intervention will end in failure.
Even if he couldn't eat it, repelling it would give him time to integrate his army. Thinking of this, Landelier was a little ready to make a move.
So he told his plan in front of Sideler and Vantush. "This time I plan to destroy the enemy's center army."
He opened the Hungarian military map and explained to the two of them: "Currently, the enemy's two wings are still in Shorgotalyan and Kecskemed. Both places are at least nearly 100 kilometers away from Monor, where the enemy's center is. So I
I plan to send troops to stop them along the way and delay their speed. At the same time, I will personally lead the main force to fight the enemy in the middle."
At the end of his speech, Landelier said: "I heard that the enemy commander, General Salamik, showed his reputation when he fought against Austria-Hungary. And he also carried out various persecutions against us Hungarian people in the occupied areas, so
Destroying the Center Army led by him will boost the morale of our revolutionary people and also build up the prestige of our Hungarian revolutionary army."
After listening to Landelier's words, Ventuch and Sideler applauded. Landelier's plan was very suitable for them. The revolutionary government wanted to show differences. If it was still the same as before,
Like other governments, how can they show their advanced nature?
Finally, Foreign Affairs Commissioner Vantuch said to Landelier: "I will report this plan to Chairman Bellakun. I believe he will also like your plan."
"Thanks."
And Interior Commissioner Siedler asked: "Is there anything else you need our help with?"
"I need more weapons and ammunition. This will be the surest guarantee of victory."
Faced with Landelier's unkind words, Sideller thought for a moment and replied: "Okay, I will personally sit in the arsenal and ask them to fully produce the weapons and ammunition you need."
Landelier's plan was quickly reported to Bellakun, and sure enough, the leader of the Hungarian revolutionary government approved it immediately without any hesitation.
Then the Hungarian People's Army began to divide its forces. Landelier sent part of the main force to cooperate with the newly recruited soldiers to snipe the two wings of the Romanian army. The remaining 180,000 main troops, with 60,000 newly recruited soldiers, attacked Monoul.
Come quickly.
In the small town of Monol, a war that will determine the fate of Hungary is about to begin.
